# Incident 20160404007029I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 390, Tunica, MS, April 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2016, 13:25 local time
- Place: Tunica, MS
- Airport: Tunica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6851° N, 90.3478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUNICA MUNI (UTA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6851&lon=-90.3478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N144ST (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 390
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ44-2A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,757 total, 580 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160404007029I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FROM PILOTS STATEMENT:  TRAVELING FROM BZN TO MYNN..  FAMILY ON BOARD: WIFE AND 3 YEAR PLUS SAFETY PILOT. ON ARRIVAL INTO KUTA WE NOTED A LARGE FLOCK OF BIRDS TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROX 2000FT, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE AIRCRAFT.

QUICK TURN, REFUEL.

DEPARTED RUNWAY 17, OUTBOUND DEPARTURE TRACK WAS APPROX 125DEGREES. MADE LEFT TURN AT 600 FT OR SO. SPEED 180 (I LIKE TO KEEP SPEED ON DEPARTURE AT 180KTS, DUE TO BIRDS AND OTHER AC). IN THE LEFT TURN, FLOCK CAME FROM THE LEFT, 4 STRIKES, 1: PILOT WINDSHIELD, 2: LEFT LEADING EDGE, 3: LEFT TAILPLANE, 4: LEFT ENGINE NACELLE.

AIRCRAFT POWER UNAFFECTED ON RHS, LEFT HAND SIDE UNSTABLE BUT FINE (HIGHER ITT). AC HANDLING NORMAL. CONTINUED THE TURN TO A LEFT DOWNWIND LEG, CO PILOT HANDLED RADIO. NORMAL PATTERN, NORMAL LANDING.

ON INSPECTION, NO DAMAGE TO ANY AREA ACCEPT LHS NACELLE, CHECKED INSIDE NACELLE (LOCAL ENGINEERS PRESENT), FEATHERS INSIDE LHS NACELLE, WASHED ENGINE WITH FRESH WATER AND COMPRESSED AIR. T2 PROBE IS RIGHT WHERE THE INLACE WAS, PROBE APPEARED NOT TO BE DAMAGED. PREFLIGHT ECU CHECK OKAY. CONDUCTED ENGINE RUN, ENGINE UNSTABLE (HIGH ITT), SHUTDOWN, REWASHED TRIED AGAIN, SAME RESULT. SUSPECT T2 DAMAGE CAUSING BAD DATA TO ECU.

IIC INSPECTED AIRCRAFT, DAMAGE IS ISOLATED TO LEFT ENGINE NACELLE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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